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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapter 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Focusing on what they found useful, what did Aristotle say older people cared less about?
(a) Honor and the past.
(b) Honor and the opinions of others.
(c) Honor, the past, and the opinions of others.
(d) The past and the opinions of others.

2. Besides proof with explicit premises, what was included in Aristotle's definition of syllogism?
(a) Multiple examples.
(b) An introduction.
(c) An example.
(d) A conclusion.

3. Besides goodness itself, what else did Aristotle indicate a political orator must deal with?
(a) Its degree.
(b) Its destination.
(c) Its substance.
(d) Its origin.

4. Which of the following were examples of the involuntary causes for human action that Aristotle outlined?
(a) Luck, nature, and habit.
(b) Luck, nature, habit, and compulsion.
(c) Luck, habit, and compulsion.
(d) Luck, nature, and compulsion.

5. Which one of the following was mentioned by Aristotle as a way that anger was useful in oratory?
(a) To diminish the effect of an opposing argument.
(b) To enhance the effect of the speaker's argument.
(c) To give authority to the speaker.
(d) To give credibility to the speaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was a refutative enthymeme considered to be more effective by Aristotle?

2. What was thought to be incorrect about the example of the misuse of the epithet that Aristotle provided?

3. How often did Aristotle think complex words should be used in a speech?

4. How many forms did Aristotle think the emotional appeal could take?

5. What did Aristotle think a high value of life in older people led to?

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